Honeybees stop flying when the weather gets cold. They cluster inside their hive, where they generate heat by shivering the muscles used for flying. They survive on stored honey. Their shivering together keeps the temperature at the centre of the hive at around 27 degrees celsius. Workers rotat...
It is in the late days of August and the warm days of September that our outdoor meals are disrupted by hungry yellow jackets. "It's aBEE!" people shout out in terror. They are the same colours as bees and yet they are not bees. They are wasps.
BEEs are so important for our existence. They pollinate the plants that provide us with a major amount of the food we eat.
I was pleasantly surprised to discover that in September Georgian Bay Township hosted a Honey Bee Festival. The even is to educate people about the importance of bees and w...